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Recent Examples of hunky
The hunky and hot heroes calendar is returning after a four-year hiatus.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
Chris, a hunky cavity-killer on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season, was no different, careening into the driveway of the Bachelor mansion in a zippy cupcake car.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Luckily, once the job is done, everything seems pretty hunky dory, as if there had never been any reckonings at all.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Everything was hunky dory when federal law enforcement was raiding Mar-a-Lago and President Joe Biden was getting a free pass?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
Chris, a hunky cavity-killer on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season, was no different, careening into the driveway of the Bachelor mansion in a zippy cupcake car.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Luckily, once the job is done, everything seems pretty hunky dory, as if there had never been any reckonings at all.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunky
Adjective
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Which ones were studly and prolific, and which ones were losing the reproductive race?—
Julie Rehmeyer,
Discover Magazine,
31 Mar. 2014
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The operation is both a service station and headquarters for a group of studly guys who are hired out to provide service of an intimate nature to high-rolling women and men.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
29 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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Red hair, especially in a bolder format like foxy red, implies a fearlessness of being perceived and a sense of staunch individuality.—
Nicola Dall'Asen,
Allure,
28 Sep. 2024
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With a lady photographer and a foxy actress named, incredibly, Poupee Bocar, K. & I sneak aboard the People’s Train for a day at Machu Picchu.—
Tom Burke,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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That includes the horror genre, which has typically been focused on terrorizing nubile youth.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Randolph plays Ainsley Norris, Tommy’s 17-year-old nubile high school senior.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Hunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunky. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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